Elizabeth (Fuller) Wilson (1694 - 1730)

Born 14 Apr 1694 in Waterstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of William Watson — married 15 Sep 1714 in Moate, Westmeath, Ireland

Wife of Thomas Wilson — married 7 Feb 1721 in Moatgrange, County Westmeath, Ireland

Died 16 Oct 1730 at age 36 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth was a Friend (Quaker)

Elizabeth Wilson was a Quaker minister. According to Mary Leadbeater's Biographical notices Elizabeth Wilson had been on a missionary visit to England with Jane (Lecky) Gee (1687-1739) for a year when she fell ill

Elizabeth Wilson had been a minister eleven years, much esteemed and beloved. She bore her sickness with patient submission to the divine will; and a few hours before her death, after lying in solemn stillness, she expressed her enjoyment of the spring of divine love, and took leave "with a most sweet, composed, and pleasant countenance" of her companion; who expressed her firm belief that, as she lived in the fear of the Lord, she died in his favour.

Reearch Notes

No death record located, but the date and place of her death are described in the testimony to her life and service as a Quaker minister, and in Mary Leadbeater's Biographical Notices cited as sources.

Sources

• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM1VM-1%2F0059&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F8214 : accessed 04 October 2019), birth of Elizabeth Fuller in Waterstown on 14d 2mo (Apr) 1694, father: Jacob, mother: Jane; citing Moate MM family lists 1660-1782 with testimonies and minutes, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
• “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F3249B : accessed 04 October 2019), marriage of Elizabeth Fuller and William Watson of Ballycaple co Wicklow in Westmeath on 25d 7mo (Sep) 1714; citing Moate MM family lists 1660-1782 with testimonies and minutes, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM1VM-1%2F0155&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F3265G : accessed 18 December 2019), marriage of Thomas Wilson son of Thomas and Mary Wilson and Elizabeth Watson widow of William Watson in Moate Granogue, Westmeath on 7d 12mo (Feb) 1721 (1722); citing Moate MM family lists 1660-1782 with testimonies and minutes, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
• "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Testimonies to Deceased Ministers," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMF-1%2F0103 : accessed 05 October 2020), testimony to Elizabeth Wilson, citing YM Sufferings Testimonies to Deceased Ministers 1661-1933, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
• Leadbeater, M Biographical notices of members of the Society of Friends, who were resident in Ireland Harvey and Darton, London, 1823 pp 198-200 https://archive.org/details/biographicalnoti00lead/page/198/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Lecky :accessed 2 November 2022)